Scotti (season 17) Vanessa Incontrada (season 19) Christian De Sica (season 19) Alessia Marcuzzi (season 19) Stash (seasons 20–21) Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy (seasons 20–21) (seasons 20–21) Dance crew Marta Angelin (seasons 1–3) Rossella Brescia (seasons 1, 5–6) Kledi Kadiu (seasons 1–2, 4–9) Ilir Shaqiri (seasons 1–2, 4) Valerio Pino (seasons 2–3, 5, 9) Maria Zaffino (seasons 2–8) Francesca Di Maio (seasons 3–8) Michele Oliva (season 3) Massimo Sansottera (season 3) David Sellings (season 3) Anbeta Toromani (seasons 3–11) Josè Perez (seasons 4–11) Leon Cino (seasons 5–8) Fabrizio Mainini (seasons 5–6) Gianni Sperti (seasons 6–8) Adelaide Seeney (season 7) Eleonora Scopelliti (seasons 9–13) Francesco Mariottini (seasons 10–12) Amilcar Moret Gonzalez (seasons 10–13, 17) Martina Nadalini (seasons 10–16) Arduino Beroncello (seasons 10, 16) Marbelys Zamora (season 10) Antonio Fiore (season 11) Michele Viola (season 11) (seasons 11–13, 16–18) Hugo Cortes (season 13) Michele Barile (seasons 14–16) Santo Giuliano (season 14) Marcello Sacchetta (seasons 14–20) Anne Boidin (season 14) Giada Lini (season 15) Sacha Storto (season 15) Simone Nolasco (seasons 15–present) Gian Maria Giuliattini (seasons 15–18) Elena D'Amario (seasons 15–present) Klaudia Pepa (season 15) Irene Tavassi (season 15) Giuseppe Giofrè (seasons 15–17, 20) Francesca Tocca (seasons 15–present) Lorella Boccia (seasons 16, 18–19) Federica Panzeri (seasons 16–19) Andreas Müller (seasons 17–present) Sebastian Melo Taveira (seasons 17–present) Giulia Pauselli (seasons 17–present) Virginia Tomarchio (seasons 17–19) Gabriele Esposito (seasons 17–18) Angelo Recchia (seasons 17–18, 21) Bryan Ramirez (season 18) Dante Jonathan Gerlo (season 18) Umberto Gaudino (seasons 19–present) Alessio La Padula (season 19) Alberto Del Prete (season 19) Spillo (seasons 20–present) Giulia Stabile (seasons 21–present) Vincenzo Durevole (seasons 21–present) Michele Esposito (seasons 22–present) Carlotta Di Monte (seasons 22–present) Notable guests During the seasons a lot of notable guests, including professional actors, musicians, and dancers appeared as guest judges or performers such as John Travolta, Robert De Niro, Carla Fracci, Raffaella Carrà, Matthew McConaughey, Kylie Minogue, James Blunt, Al Pacino, Sophia Loren, Kevin Spacey, Michael Douglas, Mariah Carey, Gino Paoli, LP, Sumi Jo, Matt Dillon, Filippo Magnini, Luis Fonsi, Owen Wilson, t.A.T.u., Paddy Jones, Laura Pausini, Alice Merton, Patrick Dempsey, Il Volo, Carlo Verdone, Jasmine Thompson, Umberto Tozzi, Anastacia, Diego Maradona, Amy Macdonald, Gianna Nannini, Clean Bandit, Francesco De Gregori, Ricky Martin, Sheppard, Plácido Domingo and Skunk Anansie. Contestants Season 1 (2001–2002) Final stage Initial stage Alessia Natale (dancer); Alessandra Piras (dancer); Alfredo "Fred" Avitaia (actor); Chiara Bigioni (dancer); Dalila Timaco (dancer); Daniela Romano (dancer); Erika